Meal Plan Monday & Sneaking Veggies

I’ve decided that my new shopping day is going to be Sunday. It just makes sense. The week is starting anew, I can go by myself while hubby is at home, and with the quiet mood of a Sunday, it’s almost enjoyable to sit down and meal plan.

Yes, this is my “back on the wagon” post about meal planning.

I don’t mean to stop. I promise! And usually it’s weeks until I realize we are in a serious spaghetti, mac’n’cheese, chicken and rice rut that is paralyzing our taste buds. Hopefully, this new leaf will at least carry us through the holidays. We shall see.

I have also decided to start hiding a few veggies in our meals. This could be a post in itself, but I have decided that hidden veggies are better than no veggies. My plan is to make a couple of the purees from The Sneaky Chef to hide in the meal. Then I will still prepare a regular vegetable to serve along with the hidden meal. That way, Oscar sees the veggie in it’s natural form, but even if he doesn’t try it, he’s still getting it in the yummy meal that he likes. I’ll let you know how this works out.

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Andrea Updyke is a married mom of two boys living in Raleigh, NC. A self-proclaimed social media nerd, she published her first book, Klout for Dummies, in 2013.
Andrea's personal mission is to celebrate the big and the small in parenting young children. She also shares her many attempts at balancing working-from-home and motherhood along with the fun stuff like traveling to Walt Disney World, running half-marathons and drinking way too much coffee.

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I made a new recipe last week and my kids all loved it. My daughter even had seconds. I was shocked & pleased at the same time LOL
My Aunt got me that book a few years ago & I have yet to make a recipe out of it. I’m all for kids eating their veggies in any way shape or form. Also you can try doing fruit smoothies with some vegetable added in. Keep us posted on how it goes!

I’ve heard 2 sides to hiding veggies. 1 – that you’re helping your child get much needed nutrition. 2 – you aren’t teaching them to eat veggies. We do a bit of both. We mix veggies into whatever we can and often times he eats them. But we are also trying to teach him to eat veggies alone. We sometimes do bribery and it occasionally pays off. “you can have more mac n cheese if you eat some green beans” then he realizes he likes green beans and eats them all by himself. Sometimes that doesn’t work either. I think kids will eat anything if they are hungry enough. haha